Bosom shield or guard



A ril 25, 1950 J. PEISER ETAL BOSOM SHIELD 0R GUARD Filed April 24. 1947INVENTORS JOSEPH/NE PEISER- Patented Apr. 25, 1950 OFFICE BOSOM SHIELD RGUARD Josephine Peiser and Morris Cooper-Smith, New York, N. Y.

Application April 24, 1947, Serial No. 743,715

This application is a substitution for the application Serial No.627,662, filed November 9, 1945, now abandoned. I

This invention relates to a shield or guard to be worn against the bodydirectly under the bosom, to protect the wearer against discomfortcaused by the bosom contacting the body, particularly during warmweather.

An important object of the invention is to provide a shield or guard ofthis character which may be readily positioned and held in place bystraps, or hooks, much in the same manner as brassieres.

Still another object of the invention is to provide'a shield or gua'rdhaving pockets in which refills or pads copstructedof absorbentmaterials such as pressed absorbent cotton wads or cotton pads, "therefills or pads being'treated with certaininedicaments in liquid or;powdered form to relieve'irritation, caused by perspiration.

.A-fur'therobject of the invention is to provide pads which maybediscarded and replaced at a nominal cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the, construction and arrangement of parts, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is an elevational view, illustrating a shield or guard,constructed in accordance with the invention, as positioned for use, thebody of the wearer being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an elevational view illustrating the supporting hooks at theends of the shield or guard. F gure 3 is an edge elevational view of thesup- I porting hook.

1 Claim. (01. 2-42) the desired size and shape, the shape being asillustrated in the drawing and comprises a lower ed 5 curved in the arcof a circle, and upper curved edges 6. In constructing the body portion,two pieces of the material of which the body portion is to beconstructed, are identically shaped and sewed together along theirmarginal edges, by a binding and stitching indicated by the referencecharacter I. It will, of course, be understood that the portions of thebinding and stitching at 8 will be such that the sections of the'bodyportion will be open at this point. Curved lines of stitching indicatedat 9 connect the sections of the body portion at points adjacent to thecenter thereof, and provide pockets for the reception of the pads orfillers l0, which are curved to fit into the pockets and be held inproper position by contact with the walls of the pockets.

These pads are constructed of sheets of cloth material held together bylines of stitching, and are comparatively flat so that they will fitwithin the pockets, and at the same time prcvide'surfaces against whichthe wearers breasts may rest, the shield or guard hold ng the breastsfrom contacting the body of the wearer.

While these shields or guards are preferably designed to preventirritation due to contact of the breasts with the body,'it is to beunderstood that it is within the scope of the invention to supply asuitable med cament on the pads for treating erupt ons of the skin,which may be caused by irritation.

Hooks indicated by the reference character ii are provided at the uppercorners of the body portion, and are so designed that they may bereadily hooked over the upper edge of an under garment, to support thebody portion in its proper posit on on the body. While we have shownhooks which support the device, it is to be understood that supportingtapes may be used at the upper corners of the body portion of the shie dor guard to afford means for securing the shield or guard to the body,when it is desired to use the shield or guard without under garments.

The reference character ll indicates a pocket reception of perfume orsachet powder.

What is claimed is:

A shield of the class described, comprising a body portion constructedof identical sections of fabric material having upper and lower edgescurved in the arcs of circles, the fabric sections being placed one uponthe other with their marginal edges aligning, the fabric sections beingsecured together by lines of stitching, portions of the lines ofstitching along the upper edge of the shield being omitted providingpockets between the fabric sections, curved lines of stitching extending downwardly and laterally in opposite directions from a pointadjacent to the center of the upper edge of the body and merging intothe lower edge of the body adjacent to the ends thereof outlining theinner edges of the pockets, pads curved to conform to the shapes of thepockets fitted within the pockets, the outer ends of the pads extendingto the outer upper edges of the shield, and means for securing theshield in position on the body of the wearer.

JOSEPHINE PEISER. MORRIS COOPERMI'IH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED srn'rnsrnm're Great Britain May 7, 1920

